1 | O People! There is no other deity but Allah! |
2 | The Compassionate, the Beneficent, the Gracious; |
3 | All petition and thanks be to Allah and no other! |
4 | Verily, even Allah is powerless to stop it; |
5 | Lest all creation end; |
6 | All life has its seasons; |
7 | And upon a time and a place, |
8 | Even our children’s children shall cease; |
9 | Either by our own hand or by forces many times greater than ourselves. |
10 | A time when all life as we see and know shall end; |
11 | A great Day of Calamity. |
12 | Verily, it is neither by choice nor design of Allah that such a Day awaits. |
13 | It is the collective choice of man. |
14 | That shall determine our fate. |